Each year we would go to the seaside for a week. One year we would go to Bridlington on the East coast, the next we would go to New Brighton on the West coast. This must have been a New Brighton year - probably around 1951 - for that is the boarding house we stayed … Continue reading 19 December 2021 : Out Board
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18 December 2021 : Saloon Bar
My desktop calendar today features two versions of a photograph I took fifty years ago of one of the wonderful art nouveaux signs outside the magnificent Blackfriars pub in London. The quotation is courtesy of the similarly magnificent Dr Johnson.
More December Days
More December calendar days which transport us from a group of statues gossiping in the sun, to a World War 1 leader captured forever on a vintage postcard, and finally a dead rose on its way to the dustbin.
Surreal South Yorkshire
This is a reworking of a photograph I took fifteen years ago on a walk around Thurgoland, near Sheffield. The original shot lacked both focus and detail; but Photoshop filters bring out something which may, or may not, have been there originally.
December Days 2
I recently became a member of the Labologists Society and therefore I decided that I had better acquire some beer bottle labels. This one, from the Gambrinus Brewery in Weiden in Der Oberfalz, Germany, celebrates the life of the German composer, Max Reger (1873-1916), who was born in Weiden. I have a feeling that this … Continue reading December Days 2
December Days 1
A watercolour of a street in Halifax by my brother, Roger Burnett, painted thirty years ago. Part of the old Halifax Building Society headquarters and the dome of Lloyds Bank are clearly visible. A Victorian Cabinet Card from the London studio of Walter Saunders who was active in the last decade of the nineteenth century. … Continue reading December Days 1
That Was The Month
Another month - and another thirty daily calendar images. When I started this project back in January, I wrote about it lasting, at best, a month. One more month to go and that makes a year! Today's image is a reminder of what excellent photographers, the Victorians were. This photograph was taken at least 125 … Continue reading That Was The Month
Endless Days
I used to live next door to this imposing building. At one time it was a church, at other times it has been everything from a pathology facility to student accommodation. Each day I would climb those stone steps heading for the bus shelter and then .... to life. Annie Moore - Auntie Annie - … Continue reading Endless Days
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